Did you hear something? It looks like kitties meow plaintively. The cryptokitties complain that nobody remembers them. Everyone takes care about the unicorns only. UnicornGo is a new blockchain-based game which allows for not only collecting several types of unicorns, but creating new ones. You can promote your unicorn, offer it for sale and, eventually, make money on it! You can also take a selfie with it as the game supports augmented reality. We talked to pioneers of the unicorn world and learnt useful information not only on the possibilities the game offers, but also about benefits for investors (presale is happening right now). Vadim Alekseev, a project co-founder, answered our questions.
Vadim, it looks like cryptokitties were born just yesterday, and today unicorns came on the stage. What can you tell about the fast pace governing the cryptoworld?
Yeah, you’re right. The world is changing rapidly nowadays. The UnicornGo project was born on 5th December, 2017, at noon. We started to recruit team and created a dedicated Telegram chat. There were three of us, and we brainstormed the idea of the magic unicorn world. We decided to start this project.
Can you reveal some details?
In fact, I have been in the frontend development business for 12 years so far. Recently I became interested in smart contract programming and found Vyacheslav in the Internet. He has been creating smart contracts for several years and teaches others to do so. Later, Anna Smith joined our team. So there were three of us, and we came up with the idea and began working on it. On 5th December we already had our first unicorns, and in the beginning of January we finished designing the game’s webpages and started programming.
Wait… so you are working on the project by only this small group of three?
Originally, there wasn’t anybody else who worked on the project, but some time later we realized we needed additional people to launch the game in time, i.e., during the coming month. So we began hiring staff without delay and looking for sources of financing.
So how are you doing currently?
We found Vitalik; he became our producer and a friend of ours. So for now, there are 4 co-founders and they form our basic team. Also, we hired additional forces to join our expanded team. There are developers, a tester, several designers, an illustrator, marketing experts, copywriter, translator etc.
How did the new people change the way the project goes?
Well, things got faster, and Vitalik particularly contributed to the project. He offered some brand new ideas, and we liked them very much. First of all, apart from Ethereum blockchain, the game will be realized on the Universa platform as well. Universa is significantly more powerful and works faster. Universa will definitely withstand huge traffic (the Cryprokitties made Ethereum hang up). Secondly, we have further developed the game and introduced some cool features. UnicornGO is a cryptocollection game featuring advanced genetics, full-scale gameplay, geolocation-based assets and augmented reality. Besides, we’ll be the very first who launches a game with a proprietary currency, CANDYCOIN.
What about financing? How do you deal with it?
We are dealing with it with two approaches. Firstly, we are taking advantage of an investor. Aleksander Borodich got to know about the project. He is ready to support us either as an investor and advisor on certain conditions. His money will be enough to launch the first phase of the game. We plan to make things ready by the first phase, which is to happen on 28th February. This is the day we are going to start the project. But since UnicornGO evolved significantly during the development stage and acquired new cool features, we decided to start presale of our coins. This will allow us to realize all new features during the second stage of the game, when players will have additional features.
What will the project have after the second stage of the game?
We’ll introduce a more advanced game play and have domestic economics. Players can join it even now by purchasing, for instance, one of the three trunk options with all the game stuff. Also, our domestic currency can now be bought at very lucrative price. You can buy it at 0.0001 Eth a Candy during the period from 26.01.2018 to 2.02.2018. By 28th February, price will grow to 0.0015 Eth a Candy. After the launch the currency will rise even further, as market rules dictate.
In other words, an investor can now get his unicorn and upgrade it first after the launch of the game?
Exactly. Even now you can buy a unicorn and be able to change and upgrade it as you wish. This is a limited offer, as there will only be 12 mln CandyCoins. It is important to note that the coins will circulate only after the second phase of the game.
It looks like you’ll have a Unicorn Universe eventually.
Exactly! This will be a Universe, not less than it! This was the idea of our game producer. A bright and nice gaming Universe which can be touchable by means of augmented reality technologies.
What are you going to do next? Will you conduct ICO?
We are now having presale. Obviously, the funds raised will be enough for making the game and support the community of players. In case of a need, we’ll conduct an ICO, but it is too early to talk about it.
Got it. Thank you very much for sharing your plans and project details. We will be waiting for the launch of the game! Is there any chance to ride unicorns?
Well, you can try))) The game will feature augmented reality, and you can settle a unicorn in your house or apartment. Try the game and see yourself!